*ව්‍යාවෘතකරනවා, v. t. to occupy or employ (time), ගතකරනවා.

අ, n. The first letter of the Alphabet. It varies bightly in pronunciation, depending sometimes on the meaning or derivation and sometimes on the consonants with which it is combined. It is (1) the clear, distinct sound obtained by shortening ආ ah; (2) the sound of a in negative or miracle. In initial syllables the sound is generally the first of these; the second arises from the dropping of the voice in the unaccented syllables. It is written only when it is the initial letter of a word, but is pronounced after every consonant to which no other vowel is attached, or where it is not suppressed by the sign ්, as කරනවා, karanavā, the final vowel අ, which is long, alone being written;කරන් karan, the vowel අ after න being suppressed by the sign ්.

අ ක්ෂීණ, a. unwasted, undiminished, ක්ෂයනූණ, unfading, පරනොවන.

අ ක්‍රෑර, a. not cruel, mild, ක්‍රෑරනැති, මෘදු.

අ කීකරුකම්කරනවා, v. to act disobediently.

අ කුප්‍යය, n, (කුප්‍ය base metal), unalloyed metal, viz. gold or silver, රන් රිදී.

අ ඛණ්ඩකරනවා, v.t. to keep unbroken or inviolate, කඩනොකර රක්ෂාකරනවා; violate.

අ ගණිත, a. uncounted, uncomputed, ගණන් නොකරනලද.

අ ගර්හිත, a. not reviled or dishonoured or despised, අගෞරව කරනලද.

අ ගරුකරනවා, v. (dat.) to do dishonour to, treat disrespectfully, &c., අවනම්බුකරනවා.

අ ගහන, a. not dense or crowded, sparse, ගන සැරනැති, විරල.

අ ගූඪ, a. not profound, simple, ගම්භිරනැති, පහසු.

අ ගෞරවකරනවා, v. (dat.) to do dishonour to, dishonour, treat disrespectfully.

අ චලකරනවා, v. t. to render motionless or stable; still, quieten, නිශ්චල කරනවා.

අ ච්ඡාදනයකරනවා, v. t. (අ priv.,ච් euphonic, ඡාදන covering), to cover, වසනවා, don, clothe, අඳිනවා.